Psalms 120:2
“Deliver me, Lord, from the lip that is false and the tongue that is crafty.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1In distress I cried to the Lord, and he answered me.
3What shall he give to you, you tongue that is crafty? What yet shall he give to you?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Violent witnesses rise, and ask of me things that I know not.
Psalms 52:6Smitten with awe at the sight, the righteous shall laugh at you.
Psalms 140:1Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from the violent guard me
Micah 6:12Whose rich people are full of violence, her inhabitants liars, whose tongues speak deceit?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 120:2-5
Confession and Complaints. 1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord , and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Here is, I. Deliverance from a false tongue obtained by prayer. David records his own experience of this. 1. He was brought into distress, into great distress, by lying lips and a deceitful tongue. There were those that… Read the whole commentary →